2012

..2012..

~Wow 2012 Means~

~>I am going to be a quarter of a century  OLD this year..Unbelievable

~>Seth and I will have been 'together' a whopping five years-That includes those dating years, 4 months of engagement, and our married moments..

~>Seth will be graduating this year with a Master's Degree.  Six pain staking years of edumacation.  I know the poor fella is ready to be done!..

~>Working on our Second Year of Utah living and Marital Bliss--(Yes it is still in the marital bliss stage)..

Seth and I spent most of our final 2011 moments at a friend's playing a board game-Cities and Knights (which is part of the Settler's of Catan Game-we're definitely addicted to this game!).  Obviously, we are wayyyyy past our college days!  


Even though I hate to admit this--Seth and I stayed up until about 12:05 AM-gave each other a smooch for our first of many 2012 smooches (I know, I know-too much info) and went straight to sleep.

After Church we were close to heading home to whip up some Chicken Pot Pie.  

Yes-I did say Chicken Pot Pie.

Yes-I will admit that we forgot all about a New Year's Dinner when we planned our weekly menu.

Yes-we did realize even though we are Utah resident's, we are still Southerner's at heart.  And Chicken Pot Pie just wasn't going to cut it.

Yes-Our menu was quickly changed into a full Southern New Year's Day Dinner and off to the grocery store we went.

Us Sineath's have always had-and I can only assume always will have the same New Year's Day dinner:  Hog Jawls, Collard Greens (fresh from my Daddy's garden), Black Eyed Peas on top of Rice, and Cornbread.  Growing up, Eason and I didn't always appreciate the goodness of Collard Greens and Black Eyed Peas on Rice, but I tell you now it is very much appreciated.  Though, I'm not exactly sure if Eason has reached this appreciation factor yet.  Hog Jawls are one of the best things you can put in your mouth.  They are full of fattiness and goodness.  I have no idea why we eat them or what they represent for the New Year (definitely not anything healthy), but they are simply divine. Collard greens represent money for the New Year and black eyed peas represent all the coins.  

Unfortunately, Utah doesn't realize that they are missing out on a part of life by not knowing what hog jawls are.  Most of the folks don't understand what I'm saying when I talk about them--and even the meat man at our local grocery has no idea what I'm even saying when I ask about them.  So, we substituted hog jawls for bacon as fatty as we could find.  My daddy's collard greens aren't grown here in Utah so we had to substitute those for broccoli.  :).

Man that was one of the best meals I've had in 2012 -wink, wink :).

Our Christmas was wonderful, but I am not quite ready to blog about it yet.  Mainly because I wanted to blog about 2012 and prior to that I spent about an hour changing the top picture and background-almost deleting my entire blog out of frustration.

Hope this blog will tie ya'll over until I am ready to blog about our Second Christmas :).

Hope you all have a delightful 2012 and a wonderful week!

The Cook's :).